Author: Duncan Stanley
Date: 13:31:03 04/21/01
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On April 21, 2001 at 16:18:19, Mogens Larsen wrote: >On April 21, 2001 at 15:06:24, Christophe Theron wrote: > >>It is not Champion vs Champion. It is clearly best prog vs Kramnik. This is how >>Enrique describes it in an email he sent to me. To be honest, he says (I hope I >>do not break any good taste rule by quoting this) that the choice has been made >>with: >> >>" 1) SMP >> 2) Strength " >> >>in mind. >> >>So it's clearly about strength, and in this case ignoring Chess Tiger sounds >>extremely arbitrary. >> >>I could have provided a SMP version if I had a chance to do so, but I can't do >>that if I am informed that I am allowed to enter 2 or 3 days before the event. >> >>I think it's so obvious. Am I getting paranoid, or have I just been left out of >>this arbitrarily??? > >Even though the event is obviously intended to give the impression that the >programs chosen are the best ones available, the press release itself doesn't >specifically say that the purpose of the event is to find the strongest program. >But the best of the ones invited. Semantics, I know, because everyone knows what >impression BGN wishes to sell to sponsers and the seriousness of the selection >process involved (non existant). > >If they wanted to sell this as an attempt to find the strongest program, they >should have announced that authors with a SMP program could apply. Just adding >Tiger, Rebel or both wouldn't have been enough. As long as they cut out the >strongest claim from press releases, they can invite anyone they please IMO. >It's discriminatory and unfair, but it's their right. > >Regards, >Mogens *If* the programmers were 'united'. *If* the programmers had an organisation that was in their interests. *If* the programmers had the confidence. *Then* they, as a group, could exploit potential lucrative situations to their cumulative benefit and to the benefit of computer chess. But all they want is to 'win', individually. So they let a bunch of charlatans exploit them. This won't change. End of story.
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